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F. EBERHART. POWDER CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILE? MAY 2|, l9l 5 1,181,651. Patented May'2, 1916.

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Patented May 2, 19 1c,

v Specification 01 Letters Patent. a v Application met ma 21, 1915. Serial no. 29,472.

f al;whbmitmag/ concem:i y y a stance, consists of an upwardly extending B egit known that I, Fnmx EBERHART, a neckSterminatinginadomeQprovided with citizen Tof: the United States, residing in ifter openings 10. This dome forms a sta- Newark, inthe county of'Essex andState tionary part of the sifting device and is ofjNewYJersey, have invented a new and embraced by a movable part 11 also proeasiafiilfl Improve entr in Powder-Containers, videdgwith sitter openings 12 which may of which t errouowi isa specification. register with the openings 10' when it'is de- Myinvention relates inrgenera l to powder sired to sift powder from the container. "containersand has nioreparticularreference Movement of these apertures out of registo containers rovided;forithe plackaging tration closes the sitter device against siftand kuse ofT talcum; face and ot erftoilet ing. The neck Sterminitesat its lower end if in an outwardly extending flange 13' bepresent nven- :neath which is engaged a sheet 14 upon p a container of the which is secured a powder puflf'15. This a a q "ch will. be provided] sheetis held in place in any preferred manfiffdisp normallyywithin the nerpbei'ng shown on the drawing as crimped may 'without interfering byafold 16in the flange 13. The provision with the discharge 7, of powder of the crimped joint 16 provides a friction wall 17 adapted to engage,;.with the friction m wall rovided at the edgeof the ring v4:. further: The ange 13 beyond this friction wall ter- I t I e fminates in a flange 18 adapted to rest upon fdescribedkand providedwitha'powderpufi', the uppersurface of the ring whength" thefsiftertop provided serving as a handle sitter device is positioned upon the body."

orthe of me g r. s 1 The disk lcisperforated centrally as isalso "Awadditionaleject? is theprovision' of the puff 15, so that when the apertures 10 such afcontain er andl-pufi of simple, durahleyand 12 are in registration and the sitter andhgefiieientconstkuction which-11mayflee; top" is in place, powder may be sifted cheaplyraanufactiired and which will b e of through the, puii and out in the usual manpleasinggappearanrjezia -51 p R her. If desired the sifter top may be Ovtheriohe-ts re dvantagesjoi the ingrasped and lifted from its place and'the vention will enapparentas it is better unvpufl used in the manner of any puff. dei'stoodffrom' heffollowing description, Itisthought that the invention andmany whenconsidered" in connection with the acof itsatte'ndant advantages will be undercompanying drawing" illustrating ,agpref stood from the foregoing description, and {erred embodiinentthereof. 1 it will be apparent that various changes Rferring to the'draWing, Figure '1 is a maybe made in the form, construction and perspective viewof a container. embodying l arrangement of the'parts without departing myinventionrand Fig. 2 is asectionthereof. from the spirit of the invention or sacrific- For the purpose lofflillustrating my inven "ing any of its material advantages, the form tion lvhavefl shownit embodiedina talcum hereinbefore described being merely a prepowderffontainer comprising'a body 3 of ferred embodimentthereof. any iypre erred or :usualconstruction. 1 Al- I claim;-- though in the present instance this 'body is pose. i

A container for talcum powder and the shewnto bejof flat, oval or circular form, it 1 like comprising a receptacle, a removable willbe maniiestthat it may have any desiftercover'therefor, said sifter coverbeing' .sirerlsliapeandysize. Atthe'top a ring Afl'provided with a powder puff on its inner eitends inwardly fiand itis seamed at its side. edgesyat '5 to the topof thebody 3. This a 2. A talcum powder container comprising ing in thei present instance, forms the 1 a receptacle, a. removable sitter top therefor,

greaterf-part fof the a top of the container. said sifter top having a puff upon its under- Itsinner edgefi is bent downwardly to pro face provided with an aperture through vid efa friction was within which is :fricwhich powder may pass to the sitter portion, ftionallyw;seated the sitter top generally desof said top.

atedyatJ This top, in the present 'in-r '3. A container for talcum powder and the v like comprising a body, a ring at' thetop of said body and extending inwardly therer','a Sifter top fitting within said ring and carrying on its under face aperfor atedpbwder pufi'.

like comprising a body, a ring at the top of said body and extending inwardly thereof,

, 4. A container for talcum powder and the a Sifter top fitting Within said. ring and carrying on its under face av perforated powder puff," and a sheet to which said puffis secured, said sheet being crimped at its edges toothe material of said Sifter top,

A container for talcum. powder and the like comprisinge Sifter top provided with gin upwardly extending Sifter mechanismv and having a'powder puff upon its under D. F. Mnvnls, W, D. Fos'rnn;

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